Nagaland's Blood Donors' app connects patients with life-sav
Nagaland's Blood Donors' app connects patients with life-saving help
The Voluntary Blood Donors’ Association Nagaland (VBDAN) has requested ‘everyone’ to download the Android application called ‘Nagaland Blood Donors’ so that people in need of blood can connect easily with the donors
VBDAN officials along
with the guests after the inaugural programme.
KOHIMA — The
Voluntary Blood Donors’ Association Nagaland (VBDAN) has requested ‘everyone’
to download the Android application called ‘Nagaland Blood Donors’ so that
people in need of blood can connect easily with the donors.
Addressing the press after the inaugural ceremony of the
VBDAN office at Red Cross Building in Kohima on Saturday, the officials of
VDBAN informed that the Nagaland Blood Donors app was launched in 2022.
Currently, the app has 1073 registered users, out of which
registered donors are 574, and there are more than 800 registered recipients.
They informed that the app has facilitated more than 100 instances of blood
donation this month.
According to the VBDAN officials, the app is not confined to
residents of Nagaland, but those in other towns and cities, too, can access it.
“Join the app and get registered and be a part of the
donation movement to help each other in times of need,” they urged. Through
various blood camps, the association is said to have facilitated blood donation
more than 5,000 times.
Formed in 2011 with 15-20 members, the association now has
more than 1000 registered members. They are also a member of Federation of
Indian Blood Donors Organisation.
According to the association, if all the illegible donors in
the state donate blood at least once in a year, it will be more than enough to
meet the demand.
During the inaugural ceremony, the chief guest of the
programme Atoshelu Zhimomi, patron of VBDAN, said that VBDAN is the only
organisation in the state that has been consistently effective in meeting the
demand for blood among patients.
Dr. MC Longai Phom, Deputy Director of Health and Family
Welfare, lamented that people usually tend to ‘vanish’ when patients are in
need of blood. He informed that they are trying to create more awareness
through the VBDAN.
Alipoker, founding president of VBDAN, shared how they
started the VBDAN, the initial struggles, and how the association has been
working till date.
